Hoof-spreading horseshoe



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HOOP SPREZADING HORSESHOE.

No. 604,914. Patented May 17,1898.

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No. 604,014 Patented Mary 17,1898;

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HOOF-SPREADING HORSESHOE.'

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 604,014, dated May1"'7, 1898.

Application filed September 22, 1897. Serial No. 652,597. `(Nomodel.) I

To a/ZZ whom t may concern,.-

Be it known that LELVIN S. BARRows, a citizen ofthe United States,residing at Clarendon, in the county of Rutland and State of Vermont,have invented a new and useful Horseshoe, of which the following is aspecication.

The invention relates to ilnprovements in horseshoes. v

The object of thepresent invention is to improve the constructionofexpansible horse: shoes andto provide a` simple, inexpensive, andefficient one capable of ready adjustment to spread a hoof to thedesired extent and adapted to conform to the conliguration of the hoofto which it is applied.

A further object of the invention is to provide an adjusting devicewhich will not project below the lower face of the shoeand be liable tobe broken or otherwise injured by contact with the road and which willadjust itself to the position ofthe parts ot' the shoe in order toprevent binding.

Another object of the invention is to enable the sides of the shoe tobear against a hoof at the back thereof and to conform to the posi` tionof the opposite walls of the hoof while expanding the shoe, so that theengagement of the shoe with the hoof will be perfect at all times. y

The invention consists in the construction and novel combination andarrangement of parts, as hereinafter fully described, illustrated in theaccompanying drawings,` and pointed out in the claims hereto appended.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective View of a horseshoeconstructed in accordance with this invention. Fig. 2 is a reverse planview of the same. Fig. 3 is a transverse sectional view. Fig. fl is adetail sectional view illustrating the manner of mounting the pivotedsocket and the pivoted plate. Fig.- 5 is a detail perspective view ofone of the pivoted sockets. Figs. 6 and 7 are plan views illustratingmodifications of the invention. Fig. 8 is a transverse sectional View.

Like numerals of reference designate corresponding parts in the severaligures of the drawings.

l designates a horseshoe composed of sec- I tions 1 and 2, connected attheir contiguous ends by a pivot 3 and having their pivoted f endsrecessed and overlapped to bring their upper and lower faces in the sameplane.

Thesections l and 2 are provided with the usual grooves 4 andnail-holes5, and they are recessed at their upper and lower faces, near their rearends. The upper recesses V(l receive plates 7, which are substantiallyL-A shaped in cross-section, .being provided at their inner edgeswithupwardly-extending flanges 8, and these upwardly-extending flanges areadapted to bear against the rear walls of a hoof in the spaces betweenthe said walls and the frog. The horizontal portions 7 of the plateshave their upper faces arranged flush with the upper faces of thesidesor sections of the horseshoe and are secured to the same by pivots 9,which passentirely through the shoe and also serve as Vmeans forconnecting sockets 10 to the sid es of the shoe.

The sockets 10, which are provided with outwardly-extending horizontalilanges 11,

are substantially L-shaped in longitudinal section and have right andleft handscrewthreads and are engaged by correspondinglythreadedportions 12 of an adjusting-bar 13. The adj ustng-bar 13, which isdisposed transversely of the rear portion of the shoe, has a polygonalcentral portion and is adapted to be rotated to move the sides of theshoe si multaneously inward or outward.

The outwardly-extending horizontalflanges 1l project from the lowerportions of the sockets and are received within lower recesses 14 of thesides of the shoe, so that the lower faces of the sockets are located inthe same plane as the lower face of the shoe, and the adjusting devicedoes not project below the shoe and is thereby housed between the sidesof the same and is prevented from be- I ingbroken or otherwise injuredthrough coming in contact with a hard road-bed.

The upper portions of the sockets. are y rounded at their inner faces at15, and this, together with the pivotal connection of the flanges withthe sides of the horseshoe, permits the sockets to `adjust themselvesautomatically to the positionbf the sides of the shoe in expanding ahoof, whereby the threaded portions of the adjusting device areprevented from binding and interfering with the adjusting operation. lThe pivoted plates are also adapted to yield to the adjustment of theIOO sides ofthe shoe and'c'onformto thelhoofps'o as to bear.perfectlyagainstftheswalls of`= the same.

In Figs. 1 and 2 of the accompanying drawings the pivot 3 is located atthe center of the front of the shoe;v` but should it be desired tospread a hoof at one side or quarter only' the" pivot may be arranged asshown in Figs. 6 and 7 of the drawings. Thelonger! section of the shoeis rigidly nailed to the hoof, and the shorter section is adapted to beforced outward;l The adjusting-bar 17 lhas' one end.I 18 smooth and itsother end19 threaded. The smooth end 18 fits in'a smooth socket 2O atthe longer side of the shoe, and the threaded endy lgiengages athreade'dsocket-Ql at Ithe shorter sideoi'I theshoe. The longerfsidefoff the-slice affordsa loearimg;forthe adjusting device;whichisadaptedto'rforc'eftheshorter side outward, and thereby `expandtheidesir'edf portionioff'the lioofll Tlieinvention has the followinga'dvantages`:Y

The" horseshoe'- is simple and'c'omparativelyj linexpensiveinconstruction: Itis'strong/anddurable, andthe Aadj,ustifngdevice.. do'esl not proj ect" below-the flowerffacdoff'the': sho'eyfbu tis-housedbet'weenstlre sidesof the same in'o'r' der toi prevent it`lfrom comin gjihc'ontactiwith and beingV lorokelrorotherwise'yinjfur'edby a hard yroad'-bed.-l The .pi'votedplates-,1 which areprovidedwith the-flanges, form an' adjustable loeariirgfiz'or` gengagihg'ther -wallsxof f' a 1 hoof an d" are adapted'l to conformftothe'same'.The pivote/d socletsl arev also adapte'df to adjust themselvesautomatically to"-the position-'of theside'sof ahoofand the sides :lofithe/shoe' l' Inai deviceLA ofE the# classv de'Scr'bedtHe combination ofslice' corn-posedi off" tfwoly p'v ot'ally-conn'ectedI sections-iadaptedl tobefexpanded, pivotally-'mounted flangesiproj ectihg from theupper face ,ofiA t'lie lshoe :and arran ged to bear again'stltheiwallsofl'a'liooffsaidliian ges the shoe vrin order to conform tothe-positionofE the 4Wallsfof al hoof, and* an adj ustifngde'' st'antally asdescribed? otallyfconnected sections provided,1 at their `Ilowe'r' faceswithl recesses; socletsiinterposed between the sections of the shoe,provided ,with rounded inner edges and having outwardly-extendingiianges pivoted in the said recesses, the lower faces of the socketsbeing `substantially'lush'with the-lower face of the shoe, and anadjusting-bar connecting the s'ockets,substantially as described.

3. In a device of the class described, the combination of a shoecomposed of two sections'pivotally connected and recessed at theirr,upper and lower faces, plates arranged in the "upper`lrece'ssesand'provided with upwardly- Qext'ending flanges, sockets located betweenthe sections of* the-l shoe. andiV providedA with :loW'er recesses,pivots 1 pa'ssingf tlirougli th'el shoe', and anE adj listing-bariconinectiirg the sockets, substantially as described.

l 4 Inlavdevficeofthe class? describedg--the :combination of a shoecomposed o'flitw'o'se'c `tions pivote'd togetherI atf'on'e .sideoft'hefcenterfoftlie' frontof 'the shoe*and` bein gi ofi un'- fequalr length,.sockets mounted oni thesidesorl sectionsoftlie'shoe nearlthe :.rearends rofl the' same; the'soc'kfetofthef longer'sideorise'cl.

threaded, andV an. adjiisting-'ba'nI co'nnecting ithev sockets-andi'having one-fend smooth and itsr other endf threaded,.substantalljasidefscribed g l v A g 5. Ina-1 devicefoff the'solass'described,thecombination@ of 'ashoe composediof'f two-sec#- 'f tions of 'funequalflength pivoted' together2 atA j one side of the frontofftlielsh'oe;,platespjw' `10te'dto zthe' upper?" faces. ofi' the@ sectionsand jsoeket'sf pivotedf tofthe sections. adjacentto ;the1plat"es;-oneof." the s'ocFk-ets being! Smo'otlf 1; andi the .otherzfheihgs threaded;and anadj ust;- inglhar# cormectng. the sockietsr andil having fone endsmooth and its other end threadedV f to kagree' 'zwithf tlf-e'`same;.substantiallyasidescribed 'y'fown .Ihaverheretolafixed?mjesignatirein he'f'presen'ceofftwowitnessess'.4 l j l E.Si BKRRQWSS' Witnesses: f

JOHN?y H SiGGERsg.

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@sections-of "the shoeiandconIiectinggtheplatesl `jandlthe:y sockets andsecuring? tlieml` to? the g tion being smooth and Lthe other!socketbeingf Ihtestm'onythatfliclainithevforegningas* IOO

